The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Edited by Thomas H. Ollendick, Susan W. White, and Bradley A. White
Abstract
This comprehensive, 51-chapter handbook presents recent advances in the expression, etiology, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and related problems from a developmental psychopathology perspective. Following a broad conceptual overview of this area of clinical research and practice, assessment and treatment practices are examined for specific DSM-5 disorders and other nondiagnostic but nonetheless significant problems in childhood and adolescence, including the maltreatment of youth, children of divorce, children with incarcerated parents, nonsuicidal self-injury among youth, youth with suicidal thoughts and behavior, children who bully or are bullied, youth with medical conditions, and youth with neurobehavioral disorders. The practice of clinical child and adolescent psychology is then explored in diverse settings, including school, community mental health, outpatient, inpatient, forensic, and private practice settings. Implementation of evidence-based practices in these settings may help close the oft-cited gap between research and clinical practice. Finally, timely topics are presented that will likely influence mental health care and research with children and adolescents over the next couple of decades, namely, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychopathology and treatment, electronic and telehealth delivery developments, cognitive training methods and technology, transdiagnostic approaches, and pediatric psychopharmacology. The volume concludes with special attention to the dissemination of evidence-based assessment and treatment practices.
Keywords:
child psychiatric disorders,
clinical practice,
clinical research design,
developmental psychopathology,
dissemination,
ethical and legal issues,
evidence-based assessment,
evidence-based treatment,
transdiagnostic processes,
treatment outcomes
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Jan 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190634841
- Published online:
- Nov 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634841.001.0001
Editors
Thomas H. Ollendick,
editor
Thomas H. Ollendick is University Distinguished Professor and director of the Child Study Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. He is the co-author or co-editor of several refereed research publications, book chapters, and books. The past editor of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Behavior Therapy, he is the founding and current co- editor of Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. In 2007, he was awarded the Distinguished Research Contributions to Clinical Child Psychology. He was also awarded the Career/ Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in 2013 and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Scientific Contributions from the Society of Clinical Psychology in 2017. The recipient of several NIMH grant awards, his clinical and research interests range from the study of diverse forms of child psychopathology to the assessment, treatment, and prevention of these child disorders from a social learning/social cognitive
theory perspective.
Susan W. White,
editor
Susan W. White is Professor and Doddridge Saxon Chair in Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama. Her clinical and research interests
include development and evaluation of psychosocial treatments that target transdiagnostic processes underlying psychopathology, and most of her published work is in the area of neurodevelopmental disorders. She is the editor of the ABCT Series on Implementation of Clinical Approaches and an associate editor for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as well as several foundations.
Bradley A. White,
editor
Bradley A. White is associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama. He is a consulting editor of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and serves on committees across several professional organizations, including the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. His research interests include the development, impact, and treatment of antisocial behavior across the life span and in various settings, including community, clinical, and forensic contexts. His research further addresses the role of dispositional and environmental factors in the development and maintenance of emotional, behavioral, and
social functioning in children, adolescents, and young adults. He is particularly interested in translating research to the reduction of antisociality and promotion of prosocial behavior, including the effectiveness and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for social and emotional dysfunction.
